[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 949-950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00092]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36372]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--BNSF Railway Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), a Class I rail carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for the 
acquisition of temporary overhead trackage rights over an approximately 
51.7-mile rail line of BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) between milepost 
579.3 near Mill Creek, Okla., on BNSF's Creek Subdivision and milepost 
631.0 near Joe Junction, Tex., on BNSF's Madill Subdivision, pursuant 
to the terms of a Temporary Trackage Rights Agreement (Agreement).\1\
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    \1\ A copy of the Agreement was filed with the verified notice.
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    UP states that the purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to 
permit it to move empty and loaded unit ballast trains solely for UP's 
maintenance of way projects. The Agreement provides that the trackage 
rights are temporary in nature and are scheduled to expire on December 
31, 2020.
    The transaction may be consummated on or after January 22, 2020, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice 
was filed).
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
acquisition of the temporary trackage rights will be protected by the 
conditions imposed in Norfolk & Western Railway--Trackage Rights--
Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 
Mendocino Coast Railway--Lease & Operate--California Western Railroad, 
360 I.C.C. 653 (1980), and any

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employees affected by the discontinuance of those trackage rights will 
be protected by the conditions set out in Oregon Short Line Railroad--
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption 
under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a 
petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the 
exemption. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than January 15, 
2020 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36372, must be filed with 
the Surface Transportation Board either via e-filing or in writing 
addressed to 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a 
copy of each pleading must be served on UP's representative, Jeremy M. 
Berman, Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas Street, Stop 1580, 
Omaha, NE 68179.
    According to UP, this action is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(4) and historic 
preservation reporting requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b)(3).
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.

    Decided: January 2, 2020.

    By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Eden Besera,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2020-00092 Filed 1-7-20; 8:45 am]
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